80 books
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93 voters
Violence Books
Showing 1-50 of 46,950
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 141 times as violence)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,965,167 ratings — published 2008
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 94 times as violence)
avg rating 4.36 — 4,181,136 ratings — published 2009
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as violence)
avg rating 4.00 — 772,997 ratings — published 1962
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as violence)
avg rating 4.57 — 3,593,594 ratings — published 2023
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 68 times as violence)
avg rating 4.12 — 3,742,354 ratings — published 2010
The Hate U Give (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as violence)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,016,376 ratings — published 2017
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 66 times as violence)
avg rating 4.08 — 4,651,295 ratings — published 2016
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as violence)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,395,717 ratings — published 2011
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 645,839 ratings — published 1996
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as violence)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,215,501 ratings — published 1954
Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
by (shelved 48 times as violence)
avg rating 4.36 — 2,633,540 ratings — published 2023
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as violence)
avg rating 4.16 — 29,678 ratings — published 2010
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as violence)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,256,991 ratings — published 2015
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
by (shelved 45 times as violence)
avg rating 4.26 — 989,292 ratings — published 2006
The Outsiders (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as violence)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,615,353 ratings — published 1967
Long Way Down (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as violence)
avg rating 4.24 — 138,364 ratings — published 2017
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as violence)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,745,372 ratings — published 1996
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 41 times as violence)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,627,309 ratings — published 2012
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as violence)
avg rating 4.15 — 223,513 ratings — published 1985
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as violence)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,441,586 ratings — published 2012
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as violence)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,749,574 ratings — published 2018
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
by (shelved 36 times as violence)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,198,487 ratings — published 2020
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
by (shelved 36 times as violence)
avg rating 4.24 — 778,207 ratings — published 2007
Violence: Six Sideways Reflections (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as violence)
avg rating 3.89 — 5,464 ratings — published 2007
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as violence)
avg rating 4.32 — 417,181 ratings — published 2016
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by (shelved 34 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,459,626 ratings — published 2005
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as violence)
avg rating 3.80 — 364,908 ratings — published 1991
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as violence)
avg rating 4.16 — 491,719 ratings — published 2018
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as violence)
avg rating 4.27 — 800,322 ratings — published 2014
The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as violence)
avg rating 4.18 — 51,626 ratings — published 1997
Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as violence)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,876,133 ratings — published 2018
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
by (shelved 30 times as violence)
avg rating 4.63 — 3,231,311 ratings — published 2016
An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as violence)
avg rating 4.24 — 349,656 ratings — published 2015
On Violence (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as violence)
avg rating 3.74 — 5,444 ratings — published 1970
Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as violence)
avg rating 3.94 — 895,641 ratings — published 2021
Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as violence)
avg rating 4.01 — 627,980 ratings — published 2023
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as violence)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,013,202 ratings — published 2011
Columbine (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as violence)
avg rating 4.29 — 102,904 ratings — published 2009
Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,695,086 ratings — published 2025
Raze (Scarred Souls, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.08 — 27,086 ratings — published 2014
Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 3.78 — 124,724 ratings — published 2013
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,024,600 ratings — published 1998
No Country for Old Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as violence)
avg rating 4.17 — 250,368 ratings — published 2005
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,090,830 ratings — published 2025
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 4.11 — 251,846 ratings — published 2018
The Girl on the Train (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 3.96 — 3,304,359 ratings — published 2015
The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as violence)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,694,090 ratings — published 2009
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 26 times as violence)
avg rating 4.07 — 607,270 ratings — published 2022
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3)
by (shelved 26 times as violence)
avg rating 4.46 — 2,729,738 ratings — published 2017
The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as violence)
avg rating 4.06 — 447,180 ratings — published 2016
“Josh's heart soared as he got a taste of the power and endurance in his elk body.”
― Down in the Valley
― Down in the Valley
“Physical love is unthinkable without violence.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being












